They wouldn't LIE to us would they???
Excerpt from email sent yesterday:
“...SGT Booker of the National Park Service (NPS), to check on the facts about the defacement of the Vietnam Wall last weekend. He explained it was a cleaning accident by a Park Ranger and NOT a defacement as was originally reported by the Vietnam Veterans of American (VVA). *The NPS is regarding this as an accident instead of an act of vandalism or terrorism.
*
Our National Commander Patriot Henry Cook III has the
direct phone numbers for SGT Booker of the NPS, and can
verify these facts with him directly. A copy of this
correction is also being sent the VVA for their follow up
and verification. (snip)”
From Washington Times:
NPS put out a statement also yesterday:
http://washingtontimes.com/article/20070911/METRO/109110043/1004
claiming they still didn’t know and were still investigating.
Also, NPS is misrepresenting the amount of damage. From that link, they state, “50 to 60 feet mostly on the paving stones”.
That is inconsistent and the pictures and video are inconsistent.
I don’t know.